Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and her national political director, Guy Short, on a plane to somewhere.

Guy Short apparently has a thing for tough, driven, controversial and conservative women.

The Erie resident served as U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave’s chief of staff until she lost her re-election bid in 2008. Now Short is serving as national director for Michele Bachmann’s presidential bid.

Short served as the Minnesota Republican’s general consultant on her last congressional campaign, helping her raise a record $13 million, and has been on her presidential campaign from the start, first as a senior adviser.

“I also started and direct her leaderhip pac — Michele’s PAC Michelepac (Many Individual Conservatives Helping Elect Leaders Everywhere),” he said. “I still live in Colorado but I’ve been traveling nationally for Michele Bachmann and, as you can imagine, spending most of my time in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.”

Lynn Bartels thinks politics is like sports but without the big salaries and protective cups. The Washington Post's "The Fix" blog has named her one of Colorado's best political reporters and tweeters.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.